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US News: Rankings and Reviews, Business Programs
March 11, 2014US News rankings are out! Wharton moves up to a tie for #1 as best business school, and for entrepreneurship we place #6. Hold your heads high, alumni. MORE
Seeing Both Sides: Unicorns and MBAs
December 12, 2013What’s that? Some new stats about unicorns, those gorgeous companies, ten years old or younger, worth more than $1 B? Oh, it seems that 33% of unicorns have at least one founder with an MBA. And 82% have at least one founding member or current exec with an MBA. And of those with MBAs on the team, a full 10% of them went to Wharton.
Those are some nice stats about pretty, pretty unicorns. MORE
PitchBook: Top Universities Producing VC-backed Entrepreneurs
October 30, 2013Pitchbook ranked colleges based on the number of alumni who founded companies that received first round VC funding 2010-13.
Penn comes in at #3, with 131 such companies. Aw, yeah. MORE
Bloomberg Businessweek: Why Some MBAs May Not Be Cut Out for Startups
October 30, 2013Bloomberg BusinessWeek considers the characteristics that make some MBAs perfect for startups… and others not so much.
Wharton’s cited as an example of a place where entrepreneurship is flourishing. MORE
Bloomberg Businessweek: More Wharton MBAs Are Opting for Startups
August 16, 2013Three times as many Wharton MBAs are starting their own businesses at graduation, compared to five years ago. We can that a leap in the right direction. MORE
Bloomberg Businessweek: More Wharton MBAs Are Opting for Startups
June 28, 2013“The percentage of Wharton MBAs starting their own businesses at graduation has nearly tripled in five years, and the number of students working summer internships with startups is up nearly 15 percent since last year, the school says.” MORE
Poets & Quants: Wharton Hits Record High in Startup MBAs
June 28, 2013Maria Halpern, Director of Student Engagement and Career Advisor for students interested in Entrepreneurship/Startups at Wharton MBA Career Management, comments on the growing trend of Wharton entrepreneurs. MORE
Region’s Business: Penn Inspires Creative Thinking Through Business Competitions
May 20, 2013Region’s Business – Philadelphia highlights Wharton Entrepreneurship programs for “inspiring creative thinking”. MORE
Your Story: “eCommerce Is Only For Long Term Players,” Wharton Professor, Kartik Hosanagar
May 14, 2013Professor Kartik Hosanagar gives his thoughts on ecommerce in India. MORE
Coverage of 2013 Wharton Business Plan Competition Perlman Grand Prize winner Zenkars
April 29, 2013Zenkars, founded by Jim Chabas (WG’13) and Venkat Jonnala (WG’13), is an online retailer of used cars. For the consumer, Zenkars sells the best-priced used cars online with a peaceful buying experience. The company removes middlemen and gets cars directly from commercial sellers – bypassing auto auctions, wholesalers and dealers. For the corporate seller, Zenkars offers the first direct to consumer remarketing channel.
Zenkars is the winner of the 2013 Wharton Business Plan Competition Perlman Grand Prize. The WBPC Venture Finals event and Zenkars’ win has been featured in India West, the New York Times You’re the Boss blog, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle, The Times of India, Knowledge@Wharton, Penn News, Silicon India, Technically Philly and ClearAdmit.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: MBAs Forgo Summer Internships for Startup Work
April 22, 2013The Wharton School supports students choosing to intern at start-ups and build their own businesses over the summer. MORE
Financial Times: Entrepreneurs see pet project develop into a thriving venture
March 26, 2013Chris and Natasha Ashton (both WG’03) have built a thriving pet insurance business (PetPlan) with support from a number of Wharton resources, faculty and alums. MORE
Daily Pennsylvanian: Wharton grads start online investment firm
March 12, 2013FundersClub’s founders, Alex Mittal (ENG’07/W’07) & Boris Silver (W’10), and early employee Felicia Curcuru (W’07), “first met during their undergraduate days at Penn, when they were both pursuing degrees in the Wharton School and developing their interests in entrepreneurship.” MORE
Wharton Magazine: Watch List – Startups
February 8, 2013Wharton Magazine shares their list of alumni start-ups to watch – MORE
Daily Pennsylvanian: Wharton grad contribute $1.65 million for business competition prize
February 6, 2013Ellen and Richard Perlman (W’68) will fund the grand prize, now named Perlman Prize – MORE
New York Times: Revolution Hits the Universities
January 30, 2013Weekend column in The New York Times by Tom Friedman recognizes Wharton as the place to get an entrepreneurship education. MORE
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Wharton graduates’ startups take off despite the odds
November 26, 2012Wharton Entrepreneurship Senior Associate Director Clare Leinweber, with ZocDoc founder Cyrus Massoumi W’98 and SocialQ founder Troy Woolley WG’10, discuss what it takes to build a successful startup. MORE
Philly.com: Startup suggestions from Wharton Center leader
November 21, 2012Director Therese Flaherty talks about the work of the Wharton Small Business Development Center. MORE
Business Insider: Student Life at Wharton Business School
November 7, 2012Venture Initiation Program member Jonathan McEuen WG’13 shows Business Insider how he balances academic life with being the co-founder of AccessMD. MORE
